Explorer's guild doesn't work

**Arksa** · January 25, 2007, 10:31 AM

I doubted that my explorer's guild HQ works so i made a test:
i watched a generals movement rate and marked the place where he could travel, then destroyed the EXP HQ and passed my turn.
Next turn, the general still moved as far!
Explorer's guild doesn't work, because it should give my troops a movement bonus, but as it is, it doesn't do anything except open trade routes to india (yay 500 gp bonus to trade). Useless guild?

**sgt.kzi33** · January 25, 2007, 10:34 AM

I can't even see india and i can't follow the trade route to india. And also armies only get bonus movement points if they were trained in the same settlement where the explorers guild is.

**johhny_turbo** · January 25, 2007, 07:34 PM

If a general stays in a city with the guild long enough he'll get an addition to his retinue that increases movement

**big_feef** · January 25, 2007, 07:40 PM

I thought the movement bonus for the explorer's guild hq was global; meaning it affected all your troops no matter where they were trained. Gonna have to go through the EDB file again...

**sgt.kzi33** · January 26, 2007, 12:29 AM

No i don't think it's global. The explorers HQ is the building that creates an invisible trade route to india and gives the units that were trained there signifgant movement points.

**iudas** · January 26, 2007, 03:37 AM

Question: What's with the trade route to India thing?

**Ippius** · January 26, 2007, 03:46 AM

India? I thought all the units produced there travelled further (The generals aren't produced there...usually)

**normanknight** · January 26, 2007, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by johhny_turbo

If a general stays in a city with the guild long enough he'll get an addition to his retinue that increases movement

thats right or if he was there when it was built. Its not Global Though thats why every city can have an explorers guild so the benifit is increased

**iudas** · January 26, 2007, 04:05 AM

Originally Posted by Ippius

India? I thought all the units produced there travelled further (The generals aren't produced there...usually)

WTF? You can go to INDIA?!

**Warmaster** · January 26, 2007, 05:14 AM

Originally Posted by SirPaladin

WTF? You can go to INDIA?!

No, you cant. Its just a reference in the guild description to probably add to the flavour of the guild itself.

**Faust Gottes** · January 26, 2007, 10:09 AM

Never bothered with the explorer's guild...that's what I get for being too lazy to read about it.

**Snipafist** · January 26, 2007, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by Faust Gottes

Never bothered with the explorer's guild...that's what I get for being too lazy to read about it.

In my mod, I simply gave the explorer's guild the "roads_level_2" ability, which gives their territory highways. This increases unit movement within the province and trade, which is what one expects the guild to do but is disappointed by the fact that it is primarily a minor ancillary recruitment center.